Hey Jay . . been following you since your days at Excellence and now with the great channel of your own - we crossed paths in Montreal in the Excellence room after you were doing a shoot . . . Well, here in all honesty, I am not part of everyone with regard to the C1 LOL . . . I fell in love and still AM in love with a speaker you reviewed last year sometime and I can say that to MY ears, the Dynaudio Heritage Specials have it all over the C1's in their midrange and their highs. The C1's ARE good value but perhaps should be teamed up with a good SWEET sounding tube amp to sweeten up the sound a bit to make C1's a little less analytic and cold sounding ! Keep on keeping on with your FINE videos !!!

I agree if a speaker has no soul it's not about the music

Those darth vader speakers are indeed not bad - British Audiophile recently said these are the best standmounts he has heard.

@@connorduke4619 Hahaha. Yes, they do look like Darth Vader's helmet. That's why I went with the Rosewood finish - less of a reminder. 😂

As a Borresen 01 SSE user, I find your impression of them astutely accurate. However, the Borresen team deserves some credit for choosing unique music like Infected Mushroom to show off how the speakers do speed and detail- (in my opinion)- unrivaled. Because they can absolutely ooze liquidity with the right material. Also, the bass control is unparalleled. I just listened to gear for 22 hours at Axpona and when I got home to the 01’s today, I was reintroduced to how crazy good they are. I’m not a Chris Stapleton listener but I heard “Death Row” many times over the weekend so I used that track and especially the opening guitar riffs as an exercise for the 01’s, because it’s audiophile porn. The dynamics and the ability to capture the tone of the riff was as good as I had heard all weekend. I wanted to chime in because I completely agree with your assessment but also have a deeper perspective because I’ve listened to them for at least 1,000 hours. I’ve seen many Borresen demos and assume what they want you to hear is the speed. Also, they’re selling the whole Audio Group Denmark package in those demos. The amp matters for what you’re hearing.

You succumbed to the Dark Side as soon as I saw Alta audio lol

As former Maggie owner and high end Borreson designed speaker owner, I’m willing to bet a properly set up Maggie speaker with true ribbon tweeter will sound more engaging and lifelike than this C1.

@@JohnLee-db9zt Interesting insight.

Don't worry your Maggies are fab and ignore this rubbish 🙂

Yes they are, alot of people don't realize that a company called Vast invest (SP?) bought 48% of AGD. They are a company that introduces/moves niche products in the global market. Looks like they had a good idea in giving the X series a good taste of the Boresson sound and cover every money bracket on up with the Z (now C series) O series and M series. WOW!

Agreed. The X1 held their own at SWAF, and were expensive, but attainable endgame. Awesome to see them expanding lineups!

Both Totem and Borresen are potential endgame speakers bookshelf in market full of mediocre products.

I heard both the C1 and X1, obviously they were not in the same room, but I thought they were on par with each other with a tad more resolution going to the C1. The X series is very, very good if you don't need or want to spend more cash! I agree with you guys on monitors The Borresen C1 and X1 where very good, but what was equally as good was the Totem's and Triangle speakers, all in similar price ranges but very, very good... I own the X1 but for me the Totems and Triangle sounded more natural.. The best room at the show for me was Joseph Audio, just wish he had less expensive speakers like he used too...

@@CaptainJamesTKirk-en4kt What is Your source / cables for the X1's?

@@CaptainJamesTKirk-en4kt What Triangle model?? there is nothing on that on YT

I agree that they are great value but please do yourself a favour and keep an open mind to give a listen to Dynaudio' s Heritage Specials before you plunk down your hard earned cash :-) I did and I'll never look back. Obviously looks are a matter of opinion so if you like the pizazz looks of the C1's then I frankly don't think you'll go for the Dynaudios but if your focus is on lovely, realistic and natural sounding sound with speakers that virtually "disappear" then the Heritage Specials are VERY hard to beat - HOWEVER I have to confess that in terms of VALUE, meaning sound per dollar they kind of suck LOL But for SOUND? WHEW ! You'd have to spend at least 3 times their price to get better :-) So in THAT sense I suppose you COULD say that they are a good value :-) Just saying! Happy listening and shopping !

After hearing it at the show… i’m in love and my wallet is in trouble…

I did and frankly . . . try them for longer . . . after a while, their analytic sound might tire you a little :-)

Me too 😭

The actual cone diameter is a full 4.5 inches, so approximately the same surface area as competitors “6” and “6.5” cones. They could easily get away with claiming it’s a 6” cone but apparently they want to be true to their word.

16.5k

TADs are slower sounding, not really in the league of Borresen

He bashed those by claiming they have comb filtering issues

@@veroman007 mass to surface area tho.....

Depends on the car 😁

I have always disclosed paid vs none paid content. Thanks Mikey

In past literature they claimed the X series does have neodymium magnets, so now I’m like “WTF?”

Two very very different speakers. Love them both for different reasons. Please don’t make me choose 😭

@@Jayiyagi I had thought initially they may be close in price, but that’s still a $5k difference. We won’t make you choose over this pairing; but how about C1 vs X2? And you have to take price into consideration!

Now zip it down and reverse it.

Listen to a floorstander from Borresen in a room with good acoustics and try again. Of course a sub dedicated to the low end can do 20Hz etc with much more ease, but for instance organ music sounds amazing on the floorstanding speakers from Borresen

$16,500… yeap

​@@Jayiyagiincluding stands...😅

Yes you were. I saw you wipe quickly but I saw what I saw

Please start the video from the very beginning and let me know if you still have questions.

It is an exclusive coverage at Axpona. Yes it is paid content

It's the same presentation you'd get if you visit the room. And guess what they're trying to do at audio shows? That's right. Sell audio gear :)

Noise coming from the electronics inside the music signal flowing through the cables and crossover parts.

@@Like_Whut and how does this speaker affect it?

@@joonas4427 because the speaker represents the music signal, you do not actually hear the music signal until it comes out of the speakers. So when the signal is cleaner and flowing more freely, then you will also hear this in the sound.

@@Like_Whut yes like with any speaker? But how this speaker affects the noice? It cant. You can hear the noice through these like with any other speaker? Unless these have very bad efficiency.

@@joonas4427 I will have to watch the video again to see what he says exactly.

@@timoteo6687 explain how

Hahaha! I wonder if you'd have the same attitude if you were one of those stinking rich bastards 😁

So wise.

Not everyone is a bass junkie and not everyone has room for big speakers. Also some people have neighbours they don't want to get into a fight with. For their size, these speakers produce excellent bass. And otherwise you buy a sub 🤷🏽‍♂️

@@Like_Whut At low volumes a 1k pair of speakers sounds the same.

@@CapitanHarlockisback So you have heard these right next to a pair of 1k speakers? Either you didn't and you're just randomly saying stuff or you have bad hearing.